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Where the gods are

spatial dimensions of anthropomorphism in the biblical world

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An edition of Where the gods are (2016)

Where the gods are

spatial dimensions of anthropomorphism in the biblical world

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"The issue of how to represent God is a concern both ancient and contemporary. In this wide-ranging and authoritative study, renowned biblical scholar Mark Smith investigates the symbols, meanings, and narratives in the Hebrew Bible, Ugaritic texts, and ancient iconography, which attempt to describe deities in relation to humans. Smith uses a novel approach to show how the Bible depicts God in human and animal forms--and sometimes both together in human places and spaces. Mediating between the ancients' theories and the work of modern thinkers, Smiths boldly original work uncovers the foundational understandings of deities and space."--Dust jacket.

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Yale University Press
Language
English
Pages
221

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Subjects

Bible, Narrative Criticism, Ugaritic Gods, Space, Ugaritic literature, Relation to the Old Testament, Criticism, interpretation, Religious aspects, Anthropomorphism, Symbolism in the Bible, Image of God, Biblical teaching, God, Attributes

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Where the gods are: spatial dimensions of anthropomorphism in the biblical world
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Table of Contents

Introduction : the place of anthropomorphism
Part one. Spatial representations of divine anthropomorphism. The three bodies of God in the Hebrew Bible
Like deities, like temples (like people)
Part two. Anthropomorphism and theriomorphism in cultic space. The construction of anthropomorphism and theriomorphism
The calf images at Dan and Bethel : their number and symbolism
Part three. Gods of cities, cities of gods. Gods and their city sites
The royal city and its gods
Epilogue : ancient theorizing about anthropomorphism and space.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-188) and indexes.

Series
The Anchor Yale Bible reference library, Anchor Yale Bible reference library
Other Titles
Spatial dimensions of anthropomorphism in the biblical world

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
211
Library of Congress
BL215 .S645 2016, BS2397 .S65 2016, BL215, BL215 .S65 2016

The Physical Object

Pagination
xix, 221 pages
Number of pages
221

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27227805M
ISBN 10
0300209223
ISBN 13
9780300209228
LCCN
2015954508
OCLC/WorldCat
926820751

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